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NATHALIE GONCHAROVA.
Costume study for “La Veillée.” Gouache and ink on tissue. Signed upper left margin,
stamped “Ballets Boris Kniaseff ” and crayon marked Number 53, lower right corner.
Costume study intended for a character for scene 2 at the Poletiannero. Mounted, matted,
and archivally framed.
[4,000/6,000]
La Veillée was written and choreographed by Kniaseff to music by Alexander Scriabin and
Nikolai Cherepnin. Goncharova designed all the sets and costumes for the production in
Buenos Aires.
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EDITH HEAD.
Costume design for Olivia de Havilland as Catherine Sloper in “The Heiress.” Blue satin
gown.Watercolor, ink, and pencil on paper. 254x190 mm; 10x7
1
/
2
inches, image. Signed
in pencil, lower right. Matted and framed. 1949.
[2,000/3,000]
Head, the most prolific costume designer in Hollywood, earned her first of eight Academy
Awards for The Heiress in 1950. She won for Best Costume Design in a Black andWhite
Film and Olivia de Havilland won for Best Actress.The accurate depiction of de Havilland’s
face and the lifelike detail of her blue satin gown reflect Head’s inimitable style and skill.
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H. ROBERT DAMMY.
“La Fleur Marveilleuse.”Watercolor and ink heightened with gold. 216x152 mm; 8
1
/
2
x6
inches, image. Signed and dated 1913 lower right margin. Archivally matted and framed.
[600/900]
Original watercolor created for “La Gazette du Bon Ton,” plate 25, March 1914 issue,
depicting a woman in a yellow gown with blue ruffled trim holding a blue lily.The image is
framed by two vertical decorative bands which have delicate gold paint scrolls as does the lower
portion of the gown’s skirt.
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